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  "id": 12639331,
  "title": "Fairfax Partners With Wittington Investments in Acquisition of Boots",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/fairfax-partners-with-wittington-investments-in-acquisition-of-boots",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-07T13:52:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Financial Post",
    "slug": "financial-post",
    "url": "https://financialpost.com/globe-newswire/fairfax-partners-with-wittington-investments-in-acquisition-of-boots"
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  "summary": "TORONTO, Oct. 07, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (“Fairfax”) (TSX: FFH and FFH.U) announces that it has entered into agreements to partner with Wittington Investments, Limited (“Wittington”), the holding company of the Weston family based in Canada, to acquire from The Boots Group the Boots retail operations in the UK and Ireland, […]",
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        "outlet": "Financial Post",
        "title": "Fairfax Partners with Wittington Investments in Acquisition of The Boots Group",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/fairfax-partners-with-wittington-investments-in-acquisition-of-the",
        "published": "2026-10-07T13:32:27.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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